Paige Cooper

Paige Cooper is a Canadian writer, originally from Canmore, Alberta[1] and currently based in Montreal, Quebec.[2] Her debut short story collection Zolitude was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize,[3] a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction[4] and a runner-up for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award.[5]

The collection derives its title from Zolitūde, an apartment block in Riga, Latvia where a major shopping centre underwent a roof collapse in 2013.[6] The book's stories have been described as speculative fiction.[7]

Her short stories have also appeared in The Fiddlehead, West Branch, Michigan Quarterly Review, Gulf Coast Online, Canadian Notes & Queries, The New Quarterly and the Journey Prize anthology.[7]

Bibliography
  • Zolitude (2018)

References
  1. Volmers, Eric (October 5, 2018). "Canmore native Paige Cooper writes dystopian love stories for an uncertain time and place". Calgary Herald.
  2. "Beautiful and strange". Winnipeg Free Press, March 10, 2018.
  3. "Esi Edugyan, Patrick deWitt, Tanya Tagaq among 12 authors longlisted for 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books, September 17, 2018.
  4. "Miriam Toews, Rawi Hage in running for $25,000 Governor General's fiction prize". Toronto Star, October 3, 2018.
  5. "Carrianne Leung wins $10,000 short fiction prize for 'That Time I Loved You'". CTV News, June 1, 2019.
  6. "Zolitude, by Paige Cooper". Quill & Quire, January 2018.
  7. "'Zolitude' Is the Speculative Debut of the Year So Far". Chicago Review of Books, May 3, 2018.


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